Vitriolic nastiness does not breed respect.
Stephen Lewis , the former Ontario NDP leader, United Nations ambassador and lifelong human rights advocate recently took aim at the “pre-paleolithic Neanderthals” in office and their role in the…
Stephen Lewis , the former Ontario NDP leader, United Nations ambassador and lifelong human rights advocate recently took aim at the “pre-paleolithic Neanderthals” in office and their role in the…
You could barely hear over the running up of the A310 engines at Ottawa Airport. The Hair and his chatelaine stood at the door of the giant aircraft waving goodbye…
On this first Sunday of the Advent season, I’m sharing an unusual video for a department store to create. It is this year’s official Christmas ad for Sainsbury, a British…
Last night I wrote about the hunger crisis in the North, and how the hapless Harper stooge Leona Aglukkaq was trying to muzzle critics of the federal Nutrition North program.As…
There is no better way to describe self-appointed climate auditor Steve McIntyre than ‘determined’. Highly determined even. And you would have to be pretty obstinate to try and poke holes…
If we just listened to Stephen Harper and the BBC, what a wonderful world this would be! Below: Catherine the Great, USAF Gen. Philip Breedlove. Last Wednesday, the British Broadcasting…
Shorter Leona Aglukkaq: It’s libellous to suggest that I privately demanded that Sam Tutanuak apologize for exposing the fact that my constituents are going hungry. But while I have your…
Check out who provided music for Julie Pacino’s film debuting in NYC this week! Credits, bottom left!
I’m very pleased with myself, yes. I did the distance three or so weeks ago, but using the 10 minutes running, one minute walking training method the Running Room uses…
Filed under: Cartoons (Single Panel), Making fun of Conservatives, Making fun of Harper
This is an international day of action, so check the event page to see what’s up in your town, for TOMORROW! And if there’s nothing at your home, be the…
This is an assignment for a grade 12 philosophy course. Proposition Most theories of knowledge depict knowledge as a type of belief. The idea, for example, of knowledge as ‘justified…
My wife has recently started watching chick flicks about Xmas on the Hallmark Channel. She won’t stop. I call them Chickmas Flicks. I can’t barf harder, or any more frequently.
R v Johnsrud, 2014 ABCA 395: “Jump” Principle This principle of sentencing suggests that sentences for repeat offenders should increase gradually, rather than by large leaps. The appellant concedes that…
If you’ve been following us this past week, you know that tomorrow we’ll be presenting at a crucial CRTC hearing that will determine how all of us here in Canada…
During the first three parts in this series, I found that becoming a 100 per cent renewable energy region is mostly possible, but when it comes to long-distance trucking, shipping…
LNG tankers undergoing maintenance near Ras Laffan in Qatar Read this October 21 Foreign Policy story on the looming global gas glut that calls into question the business case for…
…because there’s, as usual, nothing much in it. Section A, page 1 headlines the news there was a snowstorm Thursday. Gee. Who would have guessed? But they proved it. They…
R. v. Evic, 2014 NUCA 1: The Crown maintains on appeal that the trial judge erred in her application of the test for an adjournment based on the non-attendance of…
TweetWhat does it look like when a politician tries to build his credibility among social conservative voters? We found out this week when Premier Jim Prentice sideswiped Edmonton-Centre Liberal MLA…